“I learned that the world should be divided not into good and bad people, but into cowards and non-cowards. 95% of cowards are capable of any meanness, lethal meanness, after light threatening.” -- Varlam Shalamov, GULAG survivor
I posted this about a month ago. I think its true from my observations:
Fear was a luxury. Cowardness an indulgence. Both were incentivized and exploited during the pandemic. The former as a weapon. The later as a way to inoculate against empathy.
“I learned that the world should be divided not into good and bad people, but into cowards and non-cowards. 95% of cowards are capable of any meanness, lethal meanness, after light threatening.” -- Varlam Shalamov, GULAG survivor
I posted this about a month ago. I think its true from my observations:
Fear was a luxury. Cowardness an indulgence. Both were incentivized and exploited during the pandemic. The former as a weapon. The later as a way to inoculate against empathy.
Man I love that.
Never heard that one.
Thanks!